Tony Karrer has an interesting post (eLearning Technology: Thomas Davenport and Blogging - He is Wrong!) on a book he is reading. Based solely on the paragraph Tony posted, I would agree that Davenport is being inconsistent for he claims that the benefits of blogging have not been measured, but then claims that blogging has decreased productivity without providing a basis for his claims.
This search for empirical data led me to do a few quick searches on Google Scholar with no concrete studies done (a few case studies, interviews, etc.). I would love to hear of any quantitative (or more likely, qualitative at this point) studies on the pros or cons of Web 2.0 technologies for learning, performance improvement, and knowledge management. Much like the field of simulation and gaming, I suspect that there will be some studies that emerge over the next couple of years that claim the negative value, but most will be able to demonstrate positive effects.
Monday, October 8, 2007
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If you find more on this, please let me/us know.
I certainly will. Nothing yet. Steve highlighted some great questions on your blog, and I think as the technologies become more ubiquitous, we will start to see more studies...at least I hope.
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